Robert Catlett Cave (1843–1923)

Robert Catlett Cave (b. 1843; d. 1923) was a member of the 13th Virginia Infantry and served under General "Stonewall" Jackson in the Civil War. After the war he became a minister of the Disciples of Christ.

While serving as the minister of Central Christian Church in St. Louis, Missouri, he "preached a sermon in which he asserted that Abraham and Moses were grossly ignorant of the true character of God, denied the virgin birth and he bodily resurrection oof Jesus, described the Bible as an evolution and not a revelation, declared that there is no such thing as divinely given 'conditions of salvation,' and held that there is no water baptism in the Great Commission (St. Louis Republic, Dec. 8, 1889)." [Quoted from THE DISCIPLES OF CHRIST: A HISTORY, W. E. Garrison and A. T. DeGroot, pp. 386-387.

This book includes several speeches by Cave made in the 1890's where he strongly defends the South and blames the North for the Civil War.

I am glad to have the book because of the connection Cave had with the Stone-Campbell religious heritage, infamous though it may be.… (mehr)